NationalParkServiceU.S.DepartmentoftheInteriorDamageAssessmentandRestorationHandbookGUIDANCEFORDAMAGEASSESSMENTANDRESTORATIONACTIVITIESINTHENATIONALPARKSERVICEEnvironmentalQualityDivisionEnvironmentalResponse,DamageAssessment,andRestorationBranch1201EyeStreet,NWWashington,D.C.20005December2003ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThisguidancewasdevelopedunderthedirectionoftheNationalParkServiceEnvironmentalQualityDivision.TheinitialdraftswerewrittenwithassistancefromIndustrialEconomics,Incorporated,undercontracttoFosterWheelerEnvironmentalCorporation(NPSContractNo.1443CX2605-98-004,TaskOrderNo.TO2605-00-A05).TABLEOFCONTENTSCOMMONLYASKEDQUESTIONS.......................................................................................iiiINTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................1BACKGROUND.......................................................................................................................................................1OVERVIEWOFTHEPARKSYSTEMRESOURCEPROTECTIONACT(PSRPA)...........................................2COMPARISONTOOTHERDAMAGEASSESSMENTANDRESTORATIONAUTHORITIES......................5OVERVIEWOFTHEPSRPADAMAGEASSESSMENTANDRESTORATIONPROCESS.............................7SECTION1:RESPONSE...........................................................................................................11INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................................11RESPONSEACTIONSUNDERPSRPA...............................................................................................................11NOTIFICATION.....................................................................................................................................................12DETERMINATIONOFJURISDICTION..............................................................................................................13REQUIREDDOCUMENTATION.........................................................................................................................13COMPARISONTOOTHERDAMAGEASSESSMENTANDRESTORATIONAUTHORITIES....................14SECTION2:CASECLASSIFICATIONANDINITIALCASEMANAGEMENT.............16INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................................16CASECLASSIFICATIONCRITERIA..................................................................................................................17TYPESOFCASES.................................................................................................................................................17CASEMANAGEMENTANDCOORDINATION................................................................................................19COOPERATIVEASSESSMENTS.........................................................................................................................19NATURALRESOURCETRUSTEECOUNCILS.................................................................................................20FUNDINGSOURCESANDASSISTANCE..........................................................................................................21CRIMINALPROCEEDINGSARISINGFROMINJURI...